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161 Elmer Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
3 building permits on record since 2019, most recently Jul 10, 2023.
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Any unresolved orders on file?
1 open order/violation record on file.
What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
23 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Property standards orders (ML&S)
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  • Rental building condition rating
  • Rent-reduction notices
  • Business licences
  • Short-term rental registrations
  • Multi-tenant (rooming) house licences
  • Sign permits
  • Development applications
  • Committee of Adjustment (zoning variances)
  • Local Appeal Body appeals
  • Food inspections (DineSafe)
  • Liquor licences

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Contains information made available under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)'s Open Data Licence v 1.0

Source: Statistics Canada, Forward sortation areas, digital boundary file, 2021 Census. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.

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Building permit timeline

Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.

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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
  1. 2023

    2 filings
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  2. 2019

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

28 locations shown

  • 1

    52 Rhyl Ave

    Renovation ×2
    42 m
  • 2

    54 Rhyl Ave

    Renovation
    43 m
  • 3

    325 Kenilworth Ave

    Renovation
    99 m
  • 4

    338 Kingston Rd

    Renovation
    120 m
  • 5

    318 Waverley Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    146 m
  • 6

    50 Norway Ave

    Renovation
    149 m
  • 7

    322 Waverley Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    151 m
  • 8

    325 Kingston Rd

    Renovation
    154 m
  • 9

    336 Waverley Rd

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 10

    131 Elmer Ave

    Renovation
    164 m
  • 11

    435 Kingston Rd

    Renovation
    169 m
  • 12

    290 Waverley Rd

    Renovation ×2
    176 m
  • 13

    437 Kingston Rd

    Renovation
    176 m
  • 14

    284 Waverley Rd

    Renovation
    183 m
  • 15

    280 Waverley Rd

    Renovation
    189 m
  • 16

    73 F Corley Ave

    Renovation
    190 m
  • 17

    278 Waverley Rd

    Renovation
    192 m
  • 18

    6 Firstbrooke Rd

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 19

    267 Waverley Rd

    Renovation
    227 m
  • 20

    419 Woodbine Ave

    Zoning Changes
    227 m
  • 21

    265 Waverley Rd

    Renovation ×2
    230 m
  • 22

    2 Heyworth Cres

    Renovation
    231 m
  • 23

    8 Firstbrooke Rd

    Renovation
    231 m
  • 24

    BROOKSIDE DR / From: CORLEY AVE / To: BURGESS AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    234 m
  • 25

    2 Heyworth Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    241 m
  • 26

    419 Woodbine Ave

    Renovation
    245 m
  • 27

    421 Woodbine Ave

    Zoning Changes
    249 m
  • 28

    423 Woodbine Ave

    Zoning Changes
    249 m
24

Renovation

3

Committee of Adjustment

3

Zoning Changes

1

Scheduled Construction

Construction activity detected within 250 m, from the City of Toronto's open data. Each pin is a City-geocoded point (which may hold more than one record/address); click for details. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

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161 Elmer Ave in Toronto has 3 building permits on record dating back to 2019, most recently on July 10, 2023.